CVE-2026-31459 PUBLISHED

mm/damon/sysfs: fix param_ctx leak on damon_sysfs_new_test_ctx() failure

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.03.2026 Published: 22.04.2026 Updated: 22.04.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/damon/sysfs: fix param_ctx leak on damon_sysfs_new_test_ctx() failure

Patch series "mm/damon/sysfs: fix memory leak and NULL dereference issues", v4.

DAMON_SYSFS can leak memory under allocation failure, and do NULL pointer dereference when a privileged user make wrong sequences of control. Fix those.

This patch (of 3):

When damon_sysfs_new_test_ctx() fails in damon_sysfs_commit_input(), param_ctx is leaked because the early return skips the cleanup at the out label. Destroy param_ctx before returning.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from f0c5118ebb0eb7e4fd6f0d2ace3315ca141b317f to e9de9f3ce06b133a348006668bc8d25c6e504867 (excl.)
  • affected from f0c5118ebb0eb7e4fd6f0d2ace3315ca141b317f to f76f0a964bc3d7b7e253b43c669c41356bc54e71 (excl.)
  • affected from f0c5118ebb0eb7e4fd6f0d2ace3315ca141b317f to 7fe000eb32904758a85e62f6ea9483f89d5dabfc (excl.)
  • Version 5b3609d9b9650bdea0bfdf643e0ce57e1aed67fc is affected
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.18 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.18 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.21 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.11 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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